”Universal Liberal” is confusing. I call myself a Pragmatic Libertarian and seem to have the same positions that you do.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/978951887662837761 …
In epistemology, it refers to believing something is true because it is useful to the cause.
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I am personally pragmatic in that sense: I believe my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world. Is pragmatism really as ghastly as you make it sound? The dictionary says ”stressing practical consequences in determining meaning, truth or value” which seems okay.
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No, not really. This is closely connected to confirmation bias and includes such things as insisting wage gaps exist in order to achieve goals of privileging women in employment. Very common in politics too.
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Is that pragmatism? To me, that sounds like lying for political purposes. I guess I’ll have to avoid any epistemologists finding out about me, or they might be deceived. I mean, I’m prepared to shade the truth in the cause of freedom, but not be outright dishonest.
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It's not dishonest in their terms because what is true is what works to achieve their goal.
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I feel you are taking an epistemological concept and applying it in a political/ethical context.
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I am simply pointing out misunderstanding I have experienced because of the two meanings both prevalent in current conversations. I completely accept the validity of your use of it and use it in the same way myself.
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I’ve certainly learned from your comments. So how does “universal liberal” work as a description?
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Traditional liberalism which treats everyone as an individual with the same right to access everything rather than dividing people into identity groups.
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